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Were you wondering if I would ever return? Would there be no more stamp camps? Was Rosemary alive and moving? Well, I am happy to announce I am back albeit a bit slower than prior to surgery. We will have a June Stamp Camp – but on June 8, 9, and 10. Hours on the 8th and 9th will be 12 noon to 4 pm and the normal 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday. My body winds down a bit early and at this point, I cannot accommodate evening hours.

I am offering 2 masculine cards for June Stamp Camp – High Tide and Nailed It. You will have the opportunity of lighting the lighthouse on your High Tide Card. The cost for a lit High Tide card will be $4.50 as it includes the light, battery and circuitry tape. If you choose to do the unlit card, the cost is the standard $3.00. I would encourage you to try 1 lit lighthouse. I can see the lights used during the holidays for stars, trees, etc. Although I will try to explain the process in my directions, I will be available for 1:1 assistance. If you choose to do 4 cards, the cost is the standard $12 except for the lit card. If you choose to do more than 4 cards, the cost is $2.00 except the lit card is $1.50 additional. These are both masculine cards and work well for Father’s Day, birthdays, and thinking of you occasions.

This is the lit version of High Tide. You can see the light being emitted from the lighthouse. The lighthouse lights up when the lower part of the message is pushed. I will make a small die cut message for the inside indicating where to press to see your lighthouse shine. then in Cajun Craze. After the lighthouse has been fussy cut, the bottom is adhered to the sandy beach and some tufts of grass are added. Birds are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black . As noted below, the lighthouse is fussy cut and the bottom adhered to the sandy beach. At this point, the lighthouse/beach is placed on the water and the top and sides of the lighthouse and the beach line to the right are traced. Copper conductive tape is run from the top area of the light house, down the sides and over to the right hand area of the watery area. A Chibitronics white LED circuit sticker is placed over the top conductive take area. The 3 V battery is placed positive side down in the water area, over the positive conductive tape. The paper is creased and the negative side of the battery is placed on the opposite side of the paper and on the negative conductive tape. The battery is held in place with small pieces of 1/8” foam adhesive. The penciled lines are erased and the lighthouse and sandy beach are adhered with 1/8” foam adhesive. A message is added and when a certain section of the message is pressed, the lighthouse lights up. These instructions sound much worse than the process really is.

This is an unlit version of High Tide. I added the yellow beacon of light but the card would like nice without it. Like the card above, the sky has been sponged in Night of Navy. This sky looks a bit stormy while the sky in the lit card is calmer looking. There is a small horizon line and then the water is sponged in navy also. The water lines are stamped over the sponging. The beach area is a 2X2 piece of Sahara Sand that has been stamped in Sahara Sand and die cut with a hill die so the right side of the beach is the highest. The lighthouse is stamped first in Smoky Slate and then in Cajun Craze. After the lighthouse has been fussy cut, the bottom is adhered to the sandy beach and some tufts of grass are added. Birds are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black .The sandy beach is adhered to the card front with dimensionals. I also used dimensionals to adhere the top part of the lighthouse and top part of the message. I added a beach area on the bottom of the inside layer and stamped ducks and more tufts of grass.

Whew! What an explanation. Honestly, neither card is difficult once you have the pieces laid out in front of you. As I mentioned earlier, I will give 1:1 assistance on the lit cards. I do want to try the Circuit Scribe Conductive Ink Pen to see if it is easier than using the copper conductive tape.

To repeat from above, June Stamp Camp will be June 8, 9, and 10. Hours on the 8th and 9th will be 12 noon to 4 pm and the normal 9 am to 4 on Saturday the 10th. Please please please let me know if you are coming and how many of which cards. If you want to only due the lit lighthouse, that will be just great. I will have your new catalogs ready to pick up. I will be posting Nailed It shortly.